1. Summary To seek the appointments of Councillors Yates and Parekh to the Kingsthorpe Manor and Town Charity and Mrs Margaret Greenwell to the Charity of Hervey and Elizabeth Ekins.

2. Recommendations 2.1 That Councillors Yates and Parekh be appointed to the Kingsthorpe Manor and Town Charity for a further four year period.

2.2 That Mrs Margaret Greenwell be reappointed to the Charity of Hervey and Elizabeth Ekins for a further three year period.

3. Report Background Kingsthorpe Manor and Town Charity

The Council has appointed two Trustees to this charity for many years. The last nominees were Councillor Beardsworth and Jane Hollis whom Council appointed on 1 August 2008. Nominees do not have to be serving Councillors but must be financially solvent and attend at least one Board meeting a year. Under the terms of the Trust the appointments last for four years. Existing nominees can be reappointed.

The function of the Board of Trustees is to apply the clear income of the Charity as they think fit for the general benefit of the people of the Parishes of St John the Baptist, Kingsthorpe and St David, Northampton for which no other public funding is available.

Charity of Hervey and Elizabeth Ekins

The charity promotes the education of young persons up to the age of 25 within the Doctrines of the Church of England who reside within the parishes of St Peter, Weston Favell; St Peter and St Paul, Abington and Emmanuel, Northampton and Doddington. The charity gives financial assistance towards outfits, clothing, tools, instruments or books to help beneficiaries leaving education to enter a profession, trade or calling; apprenticeships; bursaries for travel to pursue education; and financial assistance to study music or other arts. The Council appoints one Nominative Trustee who must reside in or represent an electoral division or ward within one of the parishes covered by the charity. Currently, the Council’s appointee is Mrs Margaret Greenwell of Weston Favell, who is Chairman of Trustees and whose term of appointment has now expired. Mrs Greenwell, the wife of a former Chief Executive of the County Council, is willing to be reappointed for a further period of three years.

4. Implications (including financial implications) 4.1 Resources and Risk None.

4.2 Legal None.

4.3 Other Implications None.

5. Background Papers None.

Report Author and Title: F McGown, Democratic Services Manager. Telephone and Email: 01604 837101 fmcgown@northampton.gov.uk